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State Rep. Kesha Ram, D-Burlington, has been hired by the city to further public engagement work, according to a statement Tuesday from Community and Economic Development Office Director Peter Owens.

Ram will facilitate communications between the administration and grassroots organizations, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies and other groups, Owens said. She also will help create a new City Hall intern program.

Ram was elected to the Vermont Legislature in 2008, soon after graduating from the University of Vermont. Owens wrote that her job will convert to part-time during legislative sessions.